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Moral Judgments.

Bertram F Malle¹

¹Department of Cognitive, Linguistic, and Psychological Sciences, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island 02912, USA;

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|September 4, 2020

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This study introduces a new framework to classify moral judgments into four distinct types: evaluations, norm judgments, moral wrongness judgments, and blame judgments. This research clarifies the diverse landscape of moral judgment for better understanding. Keywords: moral judgments, framework, classification.

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ethics moral cognition moral psychology social cognition social psychology

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Area of Science:

Moral Psychology
Social Cognition
Ethics Research

Background:

Research on morality has significantly expanded in the last decade.
Moral judgments, central to this research, are evaluative responses to norm violations.
Existing literature shows considerable diversity in how 'moral judgment' is defined and studied.

Purpose of the Study:

To propose a framework distinguishing four classes of moral judgment: evaluations, norm judgments, moral wrongness judgments, and blame judgments.
To theoretically and empirically differentiate these judgment classes based on their objects, information processing, speed, and social functions.
To organize existing literature and offer new perspectives on moral judgment research.

Main Methods:

Theoretical framework development.
Empirical differentiation of judgment classes.
Literature synthesis and organization.

Main Results:

Identification and definition of four distinct classes of moral judgment.
Demonstration of differences in typical objects, information processing, speed, and social functions across these classes.
A structured overview of the current moral judgment research landscape.

Conclusions:

The proposed framework provides a clearer understanding of the diverse nature of moral judgments.
It offers fresh perspectives on measurement, moral intuitions, moral dumbfounding, and dual-process models.
The framework sets the stage for a more comprehensive theory of moral judgment.